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Did you know 2009 is the Year of Science?

All this year we will be celebrating Science and all that it has done for us. Feb. 12, will be the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin. My kids and I will be celebrating that day by reading books on evolution, and taking a trip to the local zoo. Science Magazine is doing monthly features on the major questions of evolution. Here is Jan. article on the origin of life, written by Carl Zimmer. Check it out.

Your welcome, but it's not just that one day though. There will be celebrations going on all year long, regarding all disciplines of science. You don't have to be good at science to help celebrate. Buy books on science and read them to your kids. There are plenty of easy, kid friendly experiments that you can do, to help show them how science can be used to observe, and make predictions about the world. One of the books I'm buying is called the Beast in You, and it has loads of activities and experiments that kids can do to learn about evolution.